Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity And Its Associated Risk Factors Such as Hypertension And Type 2 Diabetes Among Rural Adults Of Ranga Reddy District in Telangana State

Abstract

Overweight and obesity in young adults is rising and increases the chances of hypertension, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in the later years of life. The widespread data and causes of obesity are required for their primary prevention. The present study was carried out to determine the widespread of overweight, obesity and its associated risk factors such as Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes among rural adults of Ranga Reddy District in Telangana state. Adults (Total- 210 of which 110 are Males and 100 are Females) in the age group of 20 – 50 years were examined for overweight, obesity, Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes from their height, weight, waist, hip, BP and GRBS measurements. The observations have shown that the combined overall total widespread rate of overweight and obesity, according to body mass index and waist hip ratio classification, in the present study is 57.61 % and 86.19 % respectively. Moreover, 71.42 % were found to be detected for pre-hypertension and hypertension and almost 19.04 % were found to be to be detected for pre-diabetes and diabetes. The frequency of central obesity and the risk factor such as hypertension was high among adult males when compared to adult females, whereas frequency of general obesity and the risk factor such as diabetes was higher among adult females when compared to adult males.